Cape Town, South Africa 5 7 October 2012 Dr Harold Wesso Director General, E-Skills Institute, Ministry of Communications, South Africa
e-skilling South Africa for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness Presentation to: Innovation Africa, Cape Town Harold M Wesso Ph.D DDG: e-skills Institute ACTING CEO: National Electronic Inst. of SA (NEMISA) 7 October 2012 2 1
CONTENTS 1.Information Society/ Knowledge Economy Context 2. Challenges 3. e-skilling: The Plan 2
VISION 2030 - By 2030, ICT will underpin the development of a dynamic and connected information society and a vibrant knowledge economy that is inclusive and prosperous. - The human development on which this is premised will have created an e-literate public able to take advantage of technological advances and drive demand for services. (National Development Plan, 2012) 2
positioning SA as an information society & knowledge economy 1. world is changing e-world 3. international Internet Bandwidth u-world The GAP is increasing 2. increase in mobile subscriptions 6 billion mobile-cellular Big issue: How to leverage ICT capabilities and tools to address our socio-economic needs and improve our human resource base of the country for equitable prosperity and global competitiveness. 45
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building the information society and knowledge economy ITU (2011); WEF (2012) INFORMATION SOCIETY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DRIVERS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT (OUTCOMES) AGAINST NATIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Economy Affordability IS/KE Technologies Access e-skills Business (incl ICT Sector) Individuals, Civil Society USAGE innovation Government quality of education healthy life for all safe environment decent employment a skilled and capable workforce an efficient, economic infrastructure network rural development improved quality of household life effective local government system environmental assets and natural resources a better Africa and a better world an efficient and development-oriented public service and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship. e-readiness USAGE Society 6
Pace of change Growth of K in the economy C Knowledge industries Lb Ld K Knowledge itself is the product/service (e.g., software, e-media) C Knowledge-intensive industries Lb Ld K High level of K embedded in products/services (e.g., electronics, computer) C Traditional industries Lb Ld K Capital and labor still largely relevant (e.g., oil & gas, construction, transportation) The knowledge economy and society - Andre Saito 8
What is the knowledge economy? Capital Labor Knowledge Land Agricultural age Industrial age Knowledge age Knowledge has become the main resource The pace of innovation is accelerating (not only in products and services, but also in processes, markets, sourcing, business models, etc.) The knowledge economy and society - Andre Saito 9
challenges facing SA 1. ICT Infrastructure across the country is varied, untargeted, unstructured and uncoordinated key opportunities 2. Education system is not producing sufficient number of people to work in the ICT Sector. 3. Education system is not producing the required skills for advancing SA s knowledge economy. 4. Absence of central coordination of demand and supply and aggregation of data for building e-skills capacity. Therefore difficult to make policy decisions. Result: further drop in country s - global development index- 7 10
e-skills institute role and purpose DOC s Strategic Objective: ICT as a strategic social and economic enabler for a knowledge economy: A national catalytic collaborator, facilitator and change agent for developing e-skills capacity in the country. 8 11
building e-skills capacity e-literate e-user skills e-practitioner skills Supports the priority areas of the national HRD strategy work plan 13 12
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network Cisco Vodacom MTN Dimension Data Bytes Technology Internet Solution Chamber of Commerce RIM Samsung Google Apple Gijima Telkom USAASA SENTECH NEMISA SABC SALGA Egypt Kenya Rwanda India South Korea China Brazil Russia Australia Mexico Cuba created a national multi-stakeholder network model 14 DHE DBE Rural Development DTI DoL DST National Treasury Provincial & Local Governments WSU UP DUT VUT UWC UNDP ITU UNCTAD EIDOS - Australia Telecentre.org Tech de Monterrey, Mexico TISI 10 ICDL SANGONET MICT & ALL SETAs BITF Computer Society COSATU SACF 9
e-skills delivery model national & decentralised e-skills model for impact (coordination, aggregation of demand and supply) - partnerships and collaborations - e-skills user innovation - social and economic Development - monitoring and measurement m-health creative industries foss & e-community e-enablement of government services e-inclusion and social innovation 15 ICT for rural development HRD Workplan: Production of academics and stronger and industry-university partnerships in research 11 and development 1
e-skills delivery model supported by ICT 21st century e-skills virtual network for knowledge production & transfer e-skills within a developmental context: There is a key role for ICT & the ICT sector 12 16
capacity development and human resource development towards a digital and knowledge economy and an e-literate society by 2030 Over the next 5 years, the e-skills Institute aims to deliver on: 1.Thought Leaders (across business, government, education, civil society including labour) 120 post-graduate students 4200 targeted seminars lectures aimed at senior decision- makers, researchers 400 e-skills researchers (ReSNeS) 1 000 e-skills Summit (NeSPA) 2. Creative industries & ICT sector (practitioners) 45 PhD students 90 Honours & Masters degree students 900 B Degree students 10 international visiting scholars Recognised, Certificated Industry-related Qualifications (short-courses) e-skills targeted delivery for impact 3. Users across key sectors i.e. government, health, education (FETs), business 1 million recognised, certificated industry-related qualifications (short-courses) targeted at business, government (including local government), education, health and private sector 4. Communities (citizens, unemployed, women, youth, physically disabled) 10 million basic e-literacy skilled citizens (social appropriation of technology) 20% Civil society organisations capacitated to delivery on social appropriation skills 15 17
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